Library Blog - November2025
News
This month's news on social change and social inclusion.
- Affective economies of loneliness in school: bullying, violence, and undesirable social connections. Critical Studies in Education.
- Climate change is a crisis of intergenerational justice. It’s not too late to make it right. The Conversation.
- Despite improvements to early education, more children are starting school developmentally behind. What’s going on? The Conversation.
- Feeding Australia: a national Food Security Strategy. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry.
- Footprints in time: the Longitudinal Study of indigenous Children (LSIC) Early Childhood Report. Queensland University of Technology.
- The Hilda survey reveals key insights into Australians’ lives. Here are five things we learned. The Guardian.
- How ‘childcare deserts’ in rural Australia impact parent and child wellbeing: an analysis of parental voices. Issues in Education Research.
- ‘I was 170th on their list’. What are the health impacts for families who can’t access daycare? The Conversation.
- Young mothers with experience of out-of-home care and intergenerational risk of child removal. Child Abuse & Neglect.
Journals
This month there are new issues of:
- Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol.84, Iss.3, 2025.
- Futures of Work, Iss.33, October 2025.
- Journal of Poverty, Vol.29, Iss.6, 2025.
- Journal of Social Policy, Vol.54, Iss.4, October 2025.
Podcasts & Streaming
- A society free from poverty: how do we get there and what would it look like? London School of Economics. The event challenges the old adage, 'The poor will always be with us', by envisaging a future free from poverty. The speakers will identify the gains for children and for society as a whole from ending child poverty and the gains for workers, families and the economy from ending bad jobs.
- NDIS Deep Dive with Minister Jenny McAllister. Reasonable & Necessary. Host Dr George Taleporos sits down with Minister Jenny McAllister for her first in-depth interview since taking on the NDIS portfolio. The Minister talks openly about her priorities, the changes already underway, and how she plans to work with the disability community.
- Stonking majorities, weak mandates: Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny. Political scientists Jill Sheppard and Pat Leslie join Democracy Sausage to ask whether the Albanese government is strategically waiting or simply drifting through its second term.
- Trump, Albo and (Saint?) Kevin: Episode 170, Australia in the World. The much-anticipated face-to-face meeting between Prime Minister Albanese and President Trump has happened, not in the Oval Office but the Cabinet Room of the White House.
- Turning experience into empowerment. Episode 4 (S8), The Social Matters. This episonde is another reminder of the importance of belonging, transformation and hope. We are reminded that success isn't abaout where you strt, but the support, courage and belief that carry you forward.
PD & Events
- Getting Started: Analysing HILDA with Stata: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social Research, 11-13 November 2025.
- International Truth-Telling Solutions: Beyond Dhoombak Goobgoowana, in-person or Online, 11-14 November 2025.
- Victorian Homelessness Conference, Council to Homeless Persons, Ballarat, 27-28 November 2025